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Bennett, Joanna; Muller, Ulrich – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study examined the development of flexibility and abstraction in preschool children by using a newly designed Pattern Completion Task (PCT) and the Flexible Item Selection Task (FIST). In the PCT, children were presented with an incomplete pattern consisting of different-colored shapes and were asked to select the colored shape that…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Item Analysis, Task Analysis, Child Development

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